New Homeowner (December) and I need help troubleshooting. Everything was peachy keen until I returned from a week vacation. A/C will not cool, but fan will turn on if I take it off of auto. "Wait" is indicated on my thermostat and I've 'waited' all night.
High level troubleshooting completed:
1. Resetting A/C Schedule and setting to schedule
2. Setting temporary temperature to 76 with System>Cool
3. Followed troubleshooting instructions for "Wait" indicator/non-responsive.
4. Replaced batteries in thermostat
Exposition:
While I was gone, I had a permanent hold set at 78cool/68heat. I live in Florida and this time of year that should have been pretty close to turning it off.
Thermostat model: Honeywell RTH7400
The owner's manual suggested I set the heater setting to above the current temp (80 degrees F) and the cool setting to below that temp and wait 5 minutes for the system to reset. No avail, but here are the details of that fruitless effort:
-I did this by System>Heat>used up arrows to scroll to 81. What's strange is that once I get above the current temp it starts saying cool under the number as I scroll, as though cooling is the setting it thinks will raise the temp. It does the opposite when I set System>Cool>down arrow to lower temp to 76 (Heat shows up under the scrolling temp as I bring below current temp).
Sounds:
-Fan turns on only when I manually set it to 'on.' Does not blow cool air or hot air.
-After following the 'wait' instructions, I hear a click, maybe a quick double click, but the fan will not turn on when set to auto.
